So is Diablo 3 good or bad then?

[mitlar37]

Shinobi-san said:
well apart from all the hardcore players and their issues...the game is just lacking in general.

It does so many things wrong what diablo 2 did so wonderfully right. These points i raise as a casual player...I dont know what will happen if i put in 100 hours or 200 hours etc. But really that isnt the norm.

1. Theres something really off about the difficulty. Diablo was always relatively easy on normal difficulty but this is ridiculous. The boss fights are a joke. I know it gets harder but who gives a fuck, i already wasted 15 hours of my life in the pointless first playthrough. Whose to say i even want to play through again??

2. The atmosphere, graphics whatever. Initially i didnt have a problem with it...but the graphic style and the colours etc. is just a massive departure from what diablo 2 was and does not create that same feeling and atmosphere that D2 managed to do.

3. The always online requirement. THIS IS A MAJOR FUCK UP. Latency in a single player game what the fuck were they thinking?? The crap thing is people still bought the game....which means they wont really give a fuck.

4. drops and loot are not gratifying...like not at all. This is another major fuck up as loot, addictiveness and a sense of progression is what really drives these games. diablo 3 lacks it. Really awesome gear can simply be bought from the auction house, relatively cheap(Which also breaks the game on normal levels since you can one hit everything except bosses which might require two hits ;) )

5. The story was pretty crappy as well.

All in all this was a major mess up for me personally. I gave it a 6/10 in the poll although realistically and without bias the game is probably worth more i just don't see it.

I was never a really great diablo 2 player and i just about managed to finish it once, but my god i played through it a million times with so many characters and so many different builds...how it now that i find myself struggling to get through my very first play through of D3???And by struggling i don't mean on difficulty obviously.

I wonder if Blizzard actually knows how much they messed up? I really hope they do...and then maybe we can get a true successor to D2. Although i wont hold my breath for that.

They should have just made a Diablo 2 HD or something -_-

You sir are in the minority, seeing how it's sold millions and still selling. I've been playing since D1 and love the game and all my cronies from my D2 days do too. And I may get 1 lag spike every hour and have NEVER been killed because of it, normally it's a rock solid 60 - 80 ms for me.